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"wi-i. THE SUN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER IB, 1912. Assrinhl.vinaii and Cmididntr for Mn.vnr Iteforc He Was Thirty. WAXTKI) TIIK I'HKSIDKXCV Tint Wnnfcil to He Elected nnil Di'cmlcil Kiiccecilin .McKlnlcy. Col Theodore Koosevelt win Irirn nt I Kust Twentieth street. Now York, on October 27. 185S, his father being James !. Roosevelt, a scion of an old New York family, who traced his genealogy back nlong a long lino of old Dutch stock. Col. Roosevelt wus graduated from Harvard in 18X0 and turned to tho study of law with his undo Kolierl B. Roosevelt. Ho was barely 23 years old when ho wiih elected to the AsHernhly, whore h served three years, Ho then dcscrlliod hlninelf nsnn "Independent Republican." In issi he wan pent to Chicago an tho chairman of Uio New York delegation to the national convention, where ho opposed the nomination of ,1a men (5. Maine; but when Mr. Hlaine wnH made the candidate Mr. Hoonevelt took off his coat and worked for him with a will. (hiring tho following two yearn ho gained much of his practical experience us u ranchman in the Wort. He became nn expert rider in tho Had Lund of Da kota and learned much about cow punch ir. ranchmen and the pioneers of civil a I ion which he put Into hi books, "The Making of the Wert," 'The Winning of th" West" and "The Hanch Life and the Hunting Trail." books thnt are considered danics in their w.iv In Itvn Mr Hoosi?elt was buck in New York us the Hepublic.m candidute for Mayor His running mates were Abram S. Hewitt. Democrat, and Henry Oeorge. Although Mr Roosevelt wan the third m in in the race his vote was the largest in proportion to tho number of votes cast thnt a Hepuhlican Mayoralty candidate frr New York hud ever received up to that lliiie. .Mr Itoosevuit next got into the lime ! glit as a hunter of big game. He went to the Hockirs, where he tracked the gnzzly bear to its lair and also hunted moose He had a high admiration for the bull moose even in those days. In later years when he arrived at Mon tatik at the close of tho Spanish war some body asked him how ho felt and he threw liaeK his chest and replied: "Bully! I feel nj strong at a bull moose." In I. ski) President Harrison appointed Mr. Roosevelt United States Civil Service Commissioner. He had become very much Interested in civil service reform in previous years. He was retained in tho service by President Cleveland when the latter was elocted tke second time. Mr. Koosevelt resigned as Civil Service Commissioner In 180.1 and accepted an ap pointment as a Police Commissioner in New York under the administration of Mayor Strong. He Was made president of the board and h campaign of publicity reorganization was inaugurated that is still talked about by the old men on the force. ' Among other things Mr. Koosevelt made ui) his mind to get rid of Thomas Byrnes, then Chief of Police, and ten minutes after Mr. Hymes rai summoned lieforo Mr Koosevelt and his colleagues the famous chief of detectives turned iti his resignation Mr Koosevelt was nominated by Presi ded McKinley on April 6. 1807. to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy and on April 17 ii nut his resignation to Mayor strong a- a Police Commissioner. Mr Itooi-evoit early saw that there was ever)- likelihood that there would Ih a iriixup witli Spain as the result of the troubles in Cuba and began right away to piepaie the Navy De-Kii-tment for what ho believed was coming. He pushed n uiirs on warships with his characteristic vigor and left nothing undone to secure i I round efficiency on the shis and among the men in tho event of war When the war came Mr. Koosevelt re-Msm-d hi position as Assistant Secretary "f the Navy and tried to get an np-oint-ment on (Sen I-eo's staff Then the idea rtiuc k him to organize the "Hough Riders" nnd u wasn't lung before his old friends on the plains, the cowboys and others, bogged for chances to become "Kootiqvolt Knugh Itiders " They were mustered in nt San Antonio, ; 'I ex , and Hov.evet wont to the front with itinm It,, ili.l nn r.nii..ir1i.r thnf lie had had sufticicnt military experience! 10 comuianti a regiment anil toon second m command under his old friend Dr. Leonard Wood 'Die Hough lliuers made a name for thmselves in the jungle tight of Las (iiinMimiK mid the celebrated charge up Min Juan Hill When the Colonel got back to New York al t or the war his name was on every le-iuhllcan tongue a i ho next candidate for Coventor of New ork He became llie candidate Mini was elected He wir- noiiun id lor Wv-President with William McKmley in November, 10o, and on September II. mil. he became President os the Hticcoi.-dr to the assassin ated McKinley He was reelected Pro-idem in the fal of null und served until March I, Won, having in tin: luoatime been instrumental in iiecunng vie nomination of William iioiiiiji.ti ion oi iuiam h hy celebrated hunting trip of Hfrica for big game, fol- ii lait Then came II the wilds lowed by a triumphal return, when hi leceued nvutions never before accorded io an merican citizen in varlouseountrics ihrough which ho travelled on his return home Hack in tho days lieforo the Colonel ever had any thought that he would Microoil to the Presidency as tho result "f an ass-issin's bullet ho said that he intended to do tho vory best ho could to obtain tho nomination for President. hen it was lielievod that President McKinley had a chance to recover Mr. Itoosovelt said: "To become President In that way moans nothing to mo. Asido from tho horror of having President McKinloy die there is the additional horror of Incoming his successor in that way. "The thing that appeals to mo is to lie elected President. That is tho wuy I want tho honor to come, if I am over to leceive it " 'I he clash hot ween Col, Koosevelt and Ins friend President Taft, resulting In tho leak in their freudship of many years -'nnding and tho organization of tho i" w National Progressive movement, still the talk of tho nation. 1 "I Itoosovelt married in 1883 Miss bee, who died. Ho married again ' ln Miss Kdith Hermit Cnrow. t is four sons and one daughter. lie COCHEMS MAN OF STRENGTH. I'lr.t Won I'ntne ns Koutliall' I'lnyer and llnrd .student. Terrible f'nchrmn hi whut they used ra I Henry !' Cochems In tho mid- W'.n when he was on the Unl- 1 s ' Wisconsin football (cam, and ' nwalnd. his reputation for nush and strength nt tho Harvard Law School when he ran up 1.766 points In a strength tout, which showed him to he the strongest man ever tested by the Harvard system. Cochems was born In 1715 In Mil waukee of Herman American parent age. Two of his uncles had been killed In tho civil war, two of them wounded. Tcrrlhlo Cochems was brought up by his father to think on public questions. and before hta college days were over he hnd spoken publicly on political nffalrs. Cochems was the first man who ever completed the three year law course at Harvard In two years, and to do this he had to use the energy, brain, push and dash that he had used In hla football days. Two years after he grad uated from law school, at the age of 23, ho nominated Senator La Follctte for Governor at the Republican State convention. In 1004 he was secretary of the Republican State central com mittee. He has been an ardent La Follette leader right along until June 38 Inst. Then ho declared In Chicago, where he had been sent as a delegate, that he would not follow tho Senator any longer, and he surrendered his credentials as n delegate. Cochems ran for Congress In 1906, and used In campaigning his two broth ers, Karl, nn opera singer, nnd Kd ward, a lawyer. Kdward Cochems alio made himself famous ns a football player In college days. Karl furnished the music and the other two the speeches In trying for votes. Cochems has a reputation as a good mixer, with the ability of a clever poll tlclan to get votes. He was nt a Welsh picnic when he was runlng for Con gress and William H. Stafford, his op ponent for Congress, was there too. A race between the two men was arranged for and Cochems won byrunnlng 100 yards In 10 2-6 seconds. He got the Welsh vote. At another picnic, a Scotch one, friends persuaded him to enter tho shotput against some of the best men In the State. He peeled off his coat and put the sixteen pound shot 4S feet 6 Inches, winning the event. An JS prize which he won he distrib uted among some Scotch girls and thereby won more votes. Hut he lost nt l.nf!nn ll.. EXTRAS GIVE LONDON NEWS. Too I.nte for ItrRaUr F.tlttlona, Paper .Made No Comment. Sprrial Cable DepiUcK to The Sc.v. London, Oct. 13. News of the shoot ing of Col. Roosevelt In Milwaukee reached London too late for the regular editions of the newspapers. Special edi tions carrying a bulletin of the Incident were on the streets later. The papers made no comment on the attack. OSCAR STRAUS SHOCKED. Candidate Send Message Inline, dlalely o Mr, llnoaerrlt. A ls-rrnrii i. V - Ilni ii 111 formed of the attempt on Col. Roose! ' LddTess" ' 'h" iMr volt's life Oscar S. Straus, Progressive! 'Now as we always have a toast to tho candidate for overnor, snld; President the tirst toast at UuupietM "I am shocked beyond expression that nny man could be found who would wish to hurt the grentest friend of the plain people the country has seen since Abra ham Lincoln. The bullet must have been fired by a disordered mind, mlstntluenced nnd misled by the vlllltlcntlons many of the newspapers have poured out to mislead the public mind." ' Mr. Straus dictated the following mes sage to Col. Koosevelt: ".May Clod's blessing attend you and preserve you for your family and the country. 1 am unutterably pained anil shocked. I anxiously await news from you." TAFT SORRY TO HEAR NEWS. Tells The inn" He la (ilad llnnar- telt Wan .Not llnrnird. President Taft, who was attending s of the fleet at I the dinner to the officers tne Hotel ,sior last nignt, penciled this note when he heard of the attempted shooting of Col. Koosevelt: . , , nnl very sorry to hear of the as-( sault upon Col. Koosevelt und am glad to learn thnt nn hnrm wna iii.tiA lit... to learn tliat no harm was done him. "W. ii. T. i At that time the President had been ' l mil heen Informed that an attempt ha made to assassinate Mr. Koosevelt, but thut the bullet had not reached Its mark. The President wrote the note In spouse to this note from a Sun re-re- porter: "Urnr Mr. VirxUlent: Tiik Sil5 asks for some comment on the attempted shooting of Col, Koosevelt In Milwaukee. Is thU possible?" Tho reporter's Inquiry was read by Major-Gen. Thomas 11. Barry and then handed to President Taft by George von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy, who was sitting beside the President ut the guests' table. WERE T. R.'S WORDS PROPHETIC? IVrUliia HrcalU Speech "Lender to He I'aed Till llrokrii." George W. 1'erklns said lust night that when he heard that Col. Koosevelt had been shot ho thought Immediately of those sentences In thn Colonel's Carnegie Hall speech, "The Klght of the People to Kule," delivered on March 20: The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, Is lint an Instiumcnt, to tie used until broken and then to he cast aside: anil !f he Is wmth his salt he will caie no more when he Is broken than a soldier cares when I hi Is sent wheie his life Is forfeit In order thut the victory may he won. In the long fight fur ilghteous ness the watchword for all of uu is spend und be spent. It Is of little mutter whether any one mun falls or succeed, hut the cuiiHv shall not full, for It Is the cause of mankind. We, here In America, hold In our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coining ears, and slisme and disgrace will be ours If In our ccs the light of high resolve Is dimmed, If we trail In the dust the golden hopes of NEWS OF THE SHOOTING APPALS FLEET DINERS Leaders of Progressive Party Ilcsieged for Detnils of Attack. CHEAT CHEEKS FOR TAFT Those in Corridor Hull Him Spontaneously When He First Appears. President Tuft sat at tho right hand of Mayor Gaynor last night at tho great dinner which tho city gavo In honor of tho Atlantic fleet. Everywhere were tho blue and gold uniforms of tho officers, from Hoar Ad miral Osterhaus down to the youngest middy fresh from Annapolis, and every where went tho words that If wo'vo got to fight let's fight ns well as we know how. As the President himself said, "Let us behave as a nation not seeking war, but as one not afraid of It." The first reort o'f tho attempt upon the life of Col. Koosevelt reached the ballroom of tho Hotel Astor whon tho waiters wero clearing away tho candles prior to tho beginning of the speaking. The newB spread through the room quickly. Little knots of naval officers and civilians dottixl tho area outside tho circle of tables and all wero asking one another what was the real story from .Milwaukee. Somebody handed n encilled despatch up to the President. IHe fumbled for his eyeglasses and scanned the half dozen lines. His eyebrows tobo slightly nnd ho passed the paper along to Major-Oen, Thomas II. Barry, who sat near him. Presently "Gen. Barry handed another slip back to the President, a request from the newspapers for a comment upon tho attack upon the Colonel. Mr. Toft took out his pencil and wroto these lines: "I am very sorry to hear of the assault Un Col. Koosevelt, and am glad to learn that nohurm was done him. W. II. T." That was as neur a comment as van mudo from the platform about the shoot- 2 , ZZi.J. . i.... i.. .u i ... . , ... . ." """"- -um-ir "IS Holes. The only crsonal reference was to Mayor uaynor, whon ho remarked thut he couldn't talk politics, unless perhaps 'he should go out and have a conference with Mr. Mayor about tho Philippines. ln impression upon tho diners of the attack upon Col. Koosevelt was pro lotinu. r.very ono who seemed to le in a position to know tho facts was but tonholed. I-Yank A. Munsey, Herman Bidder and others left the room and went to telephones, where they got the report from their newspapers or from lrogres slve headquarters. They came back and told wliat they knew. "He's game," was tho wuy Mr. Munsey concluded his narrative of how the Colonel went on to tho hall ami mude his eech quite aa if nothing had hupened But the rcKrts from tho West did not dlstruct the diners from paying strict attention to the Mayor and Mr. Tuft. They cheered when the Mayor had this . ii'uthui - win mum ii iiiom iianuy Iiecause we have the President of tho united mates witli us, (ireat applause. And I'Thtips it is no harm If I should say to you, now thnt we are here, if wo keep still and think a moment, not (lis. traded by tho voice of tho xilitical orator, nor even the voice of the Bull Moose, I laughter und thinking it over we may find great difficulty in saying in what particular President Tuft has fulled to discharge his duties with the highest talent, the highest wisdom and tho finest fidelity to the Interests of the country. Great uppluuse.) We will now drink to the President of the United States." And then the diners got to their feet and cheered tho President. Up in the gallery the orchestra und the organ started in uism the otx-ulug liars of "America." The naval officers and the civilians picked it up and sang the verse through to tho end. It was not first evidence of pleasure that tho New York audience had shown ut tliu presence of Mr. Tuft. Wheu ho came into tho corridors of tho Astor just before tho dinner began the men who first caught sight of him cheered, und wheu the others saw that the nnisn wns the signal that the President hud arrived i"e' Jollfed in the applause. Mr. Taft's - tiiuak you, gentlemen, 1 thank vou." Mayor (laynor took his place in the .middle or the long table which flunked i the eastern wull of the ballroom. At his right sat the President and then Hear Admiral Osterhaus, Bishop David H. freer. Attorney-General Wickershuin. ,onr Admiral Vreeland and Hear Admiral .in.,, iii imu iii.w u niiuie itnu lie hilki: ifadger At .Mr. Gaynor s left wero Hoc r,'"'"y of the Navy George von Ii Meyer, Major-Gen. Thomas H. Harry, Gen, Grunt's successor as commander of the Department of tho Kast: Herman Kidder, president of the Mayor's committee, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy lleekman Winthrnp. q Others at the head 'table were Borough President George McAneny, Postmaster Genera! Frank 11. Hitchcock, WldteUw Keid. President Minor Klslworth Brown or New York University, Col. Henry W. Backet t, vice-president of the Mayor's committee; Hear Wdmirnl Winslow. Col. W A. Mann. Hear Admiral Fletcher, John Purroy Mitotic), Gen, Benjamin 1 Tracy, Comptroller Preiidergast, Presi dent John II Finley of the College of tho City or New York, Borough President Cromwell or Hichmond, Kdwurd Haga man Hall, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Hear Admiral Twining and Hear Admiral Usher, Hear Admiral Fiske, Brig.-Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. Chief Constructor Wutt, U. S.. N.. nnd Lloyd S. Pryce, Minister to The Hague, "F.lsowhero wero John D. Kockefeller. Jr . Frank A. Munsey, Chairman William H. Willcox of the Public Service Commis sion, Police Commissioner Waldo, Alder man Henry H. Currnn, Kdimmd L. Baylies, Theodore P, Shonts, Sir Thomas Lipton, Vernon H, Brown, William C. Brown, president of the Now York Central; Hobert W. do Forest, Cleveland II. Dodge, John Hays Hammond, Charles I), Milieu, Col. George Harvey. Arthur Curtiss James, Brayton Ives und Willium B. Howland of tho Outlook. Tho Mayor In tho course of his speech taid: I am sure thnt never did New orkers do nnythliiK with more pleasure tlinii what wo lime Ix'on dniuit for the lata several days In honorlnir the Meet of the I nlted States. I am sure that you are nil greatly im pressed with the front dli-pluy ol mined power, armed vessels, which you saw In the i Ivor to-day 'I he Secretnry of the Navy tells mil that it i. the lamest assemblage of war vessels ever known except one, and that the recent nsHeiuhlime In Kuul.iud ' I suppose the time will come when we will lie as able to assemble as niiiny us they can umi'iiiblo In Kngliind, but I he time U not yet I iilauH. In my WHy I thought th display great enoimh, nnd yet when we crime to think it all over probably It Is not grc4t enough. Thtro are n-oplft now who think it is too lame. I hone the sllht of It hnrn nnl. nnlv hy j(a craat city but by U vbela nit bra will creAte Rood will toward the navy and tho desire to see It lamer for tho sake of maintaining tho iware. (Applause). It was some minutes after Mr. Gaynor finished his introduction of tho President before Mr. Taft was ablo to smvik. His address was received with the closest attention and was frequently Interrupted with applause. When ho spoke of the fortification of tho Panama Canal and of the resolution of this Government to exact tolls from foreign shipping the audience clapped vigorously. The navy men liked his declaration that in case war begins we will be ready for It. Mr. Tuft said: The policy of Increasing the navy two battleships a year has been consistently followed until this year, when II was reduced to one. I think this Is a mlstnke, certainly before tho Panama Canal Is completed, when the canal Itself will give great addi tional efficacy to the fleot wo have by per mitting Its transfer from one ocean to another.as exigency may dictate, without the circumnavigation of South America. Naval authorities report that with the fleet as It now Is two battleships a year will Just about make up for what the fleet ought to lose each year by the retirement or putting on the reserve of vessels thnt are not efpinl to the first class modern require tnenls.TjThe revenues of the (lovcriimcnt seem to be equal to such n tax. I stn sufficiently advised of the prepared ness of the vessels to know thai when they pass me to-morrow In front of the Htntue of Liberty they would be ready to meet an enemy outside of Handy Hook. It is rue that there are needed more nuxlllnry vessels tnnn we now have were we to enter upon a war of large proportions but It I satisfactory to know that the time In which such auxiliary vessels could be prepared Is not prohibitive and ! much less than would be needed to add battleships, I sincerely hope thnt whatever party comes Into power the policy of two battleships a year will be continued until, through the Panama Canal and otherwise, the needs of the Pacific const for its defence shall ie satisfied. I think no one'goes further than I do in believing that every question of whatever character can be properly settled by arbi tration, I do not mean to say that In the beginning of (lie system Injustice may not be done from time to lime by prejudiced arbitrators who have not been schooled In the system of Impartial administration of Justice, but constnnt practice In courts of arbitration will develop a system of Jurisprudence and a skilled body of judges that shall ultimately come to value the Independence and Impartiality of the tribunal as of higher Importance than any thing else In the world, and who shall make clear hy actual result the courage and the slngle-udndedness of the court and shall give confidence to every party to u contro- Tersy before the court that Justice will be done though the heavens full, Now I hold It to be entirely c otihlnletit with such a view us this and with such an Ideal ns this und with the most earnest efforts to bring about such an Ideal, ut the mmc time now to favor, under present condition, the keeping up of the navy of the t lilted States In such a condition that we may be able to defend ourselves und to enforce our, Just policies where, under preiient circumstances, in such u defence or such enforcement physical means are required. We have hnd a similar question before us In the mutter of the fort mention of the PatiHiuu Cunnl, which the nation bus answered, In my Judgment, In the right wuy We built the canal as an uld to the commerce of the world. Including the Irnde between our enst and west coasts, and ns a war measure for the purpose of devc 3p lng the efficacy of our navy It wns pro posed In neutralize the canal, to use an expression that was frequent at the time- that is, to make the ciiiuil so that every nation and iwery country, under all con ditions of war or peace, could use the canal as a passageway, and bv an agreement between nil nations hostilities should he excluded from the harbors at each end of the canal or from the ennui ilelf There are very considerable iirai'lical diflteuldes In euforciug such a bond iigninst uu irre sponsible nation that does not retognie III" obligations of s treaty or refuses to enter Into It Hut even if such an arrange ment could be made there still remains the question whether the Cnlted States ought to sacrifice its very vital advantage of In creasing the power of its navy by rapid changing of It from one oceuu to another hy giving the ume privilege to an enemy in and Ihrough the omul which it has built by Its own expenditure of !((, i"i,ii As long as war is possible, as long n we hae to maintain a fleet tolproteet ourselves and enforce our rights, it seems to me to lie altruism run mud, to be worse Uihii Infidelity of the mun who looks not after his own family, to contribute loxi.ooo.noii to the canal and to loc one of the great advau tuges for which that money was expended, to Ut, the doubling of the efflmey of our navy ugulnst uny other which might at tack Us. A Why lire we called upon to enable our enemy to increase the efllcaey of his navy ugulnst us in iie of war? 'I here is no reiiMiii We have therefore fortified the canal and shall maintnin its neutrality as to all other nullons except a iintlou at wur with us, nnd ns to that nation, with forti fications op the canal, we shall take such ulcourseas to theshutllng out nfoiuicneiuy's vessels from the canal as inav seem bent for us in the carrying on of the war Such h. proceeding is not nt all in conflict with an earnest desire for peace and nn earnei.t desire lo find means by which peace can be maintained niiit war prevented, Kverv one in the I ia II room listened keenly for what Hear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus would have to say about his own fleet und the men who help to make it a big lighting machine. Kvery one felt sutlsllcd when ho got through, espe cially the officers present as guests, for he had included them lu the nice things he said. The President and t hevteoretary have taken about all the thunder out of my shhic1i," said tho Admiral. "And there fore it leaves mo only to suy something ubout the fleet ou nil have seen It to-day i ott have seen it outwardly. 1 believe I know it inwardly, and Isdieve 1 can suy the fleet is reudy. Appluuse.) I won't suy, as is the custom, thut our ships aro the best ships, but 1 will say that class for class thev uro eoual to any Nor will I say that our officers ure tho best officers, but I will say that there are none better, Great applause. ""But with reference to the men. I will say without hesitation they are the best. Applause. it you aesiro any prooi oi it look ut them lu the streets, look nt their faces. Look ut these young men and you wi l see thut they are equal to any occa sion that may arise " In closing Admiral Osterhaus paid tribute to Secretary Meyer and said he wished to express u sentiment winch he knew pervaded the whole uuvv. a sense of gratitude to tho Secretary of the Navy for his efforts in developing tho navy during his term of office. lust nelore tho Admiral spoxe tne Mayor proposed n toast to Kirs. Taft, wdio sat in a box Just opposite tho dais. Tho officers all gavo hor ono long cheer. WASHINGTON HEARS NEWS. Thousands of Officials Anxious In ((uerlea Over Telephone, Wahiiinoton, Oct, 14. The news of the attempt on tho llfo of Theodore Koosevelt at Milwaukee reached n capi tal deserted of, officialdom Just us It wus about to retire. Kxtru Issues of un afternoon paper spread the news nil ubout tho city, though ror more thun un hour previous nil the newspaper offices nnd the bu reaus or newspapers or other cities hud been In ii rerment. Thousands or Government officials nnd others kept the newspaper tele phones busy with Inquiries regarding tho shooting nt the former President. Ho meagre wus the Information avail able to Washington up to midnight. Jbowaw, ifaat thai Ml UtUa a b told. ROOSEVELT'S CAREER ONE OFttCING DANGER Not tlio First Tinw He Hns Known What It Wns to Fnco Pcnth. H0MB 0XCE SENT TO HIM Itcpcfltrtll.v in His Life He Hns Been Assailed by Cranks. The whistlo of a bullet passing near him is no now experience in the life of Theodore Koosevelt, nor nro dangers which might have had a ratal ending ror htm. From the clays or his ranching experience in tho West, where as cowboy and hunter ho risked his Itfe in herding cattle, in hunting wild beasts, in joining in posses to hunt down outlaws, through tho days or his Police Commlssloncrship In Now York, his experience aa a soldier In tho Spanish war, down on through hla term ns Vice-President, President, hunter at largo in Arricu, he has been confronted by beasts and men who would do him harm. In his own books of the West. Mr. jKooBovelt has described somo or hia dangerous oxeriences nnd contemporary nowspaper history records tho rest. He was a Police Commissioner in Now York city in lSrt, when on April 14 some body addressed to him a bomb which would oxplode the moment tho WTapper oi it was torn. A poet office clerk caught this package as it went through his hands nnd sent it to headquarters, where it was not ocncd until after it had been soaked n water. It was then found to contain explosives which would huvo maimed the person who opened tho ackago. As an Assistant Secretary or the Navy therenrter thoro aro no recorded eecapeR and his experiences os Lieutenant-Colonel and then Colonel or tho Hough Riders are sufficiently well known from his own graphic narration. It was when he be came President hi succession to William McKinley that he found himself beset or threatened almost daily by some new danger. The assassination of President Mc Kinley devoloed a hordo of cranks and homicidal lunatics who for the most part contented tliemseives with writing threatening letters until tho guard about tho President wns reenrorced several times nnd tho Chler Executive himself went oH'tily armed. There wus no real danger, however, until tho following year, In September, 1002, nt Pittsfleld. Muss., an electric trolley car cut down u four-in-hand on which the President. Gov. Crane of Massachusetts, Secretary t'ortelyou and the secret service guard were riding. Willium Craig, a secret service man, was killed and another grievously injured. The President was hurled some distance but received oiny superficial bruises. There wus a scure in Philadelphia In the following November when u foreigner made a dash at the IVesident, who wus riding with Secretary Cortelyou in an open carriage. The Secretary und the secret service men covered tho President und the man was overborne. Ho declared he only wanted to shake hands. He was unarmed A man whose nume wus given ns Everett II I.eightou got Into the executive offices at Wui-Jiingtoii January 7, luoi, und just before the President was to appear for his regular reception men-, t ioued that he had a "matter he wanted settle personally They got him uwuy and held him to test his sanity. He carried nothing more deadly than a small pocketknlfe. The President went West in May. ItNis, to hunt mountain lions. The day he was to reach Salt ltke City a heavily armed lutiutin wus picked up in the street. He unnounced openly that he was going to iissassinate him. He was sent to an asylum lust In-fore the President was to go to Syracuse, N. Y , in .Septemlier. 11X13, a man mimed Miller wus arrested on the complaint or Mrs. Mary Smith or that city. He hud informed her that he was going to ossassinutt) the President. Henry W. Weilbrenner, a hulr wltted rarmor or Syosset, N, Y invaded Saga more Hill In September, HXA't, nt night. He was armed. Secret sarvice men caught him within loo reet or The veranda on which the President was sitting. A Swede who gave his name us Peter Elliott and said he was Ironi Lanoaster, Pa., was arrested in the White House October 5; ltxia. He was unned with n revolver, knire and scissors. He luid sent letters and poems before that tin and the olice were looking for him. He fought desieratoly ugulnst capture and Injured a secret eervhs man lsforo he was subdued. The arrest or a Pole at Portland, Ore., on Juno 2. HKW, roveuled the Iact that five men had ugreed to go to Washington and each try separately to kill the Presi dent. These men were all physical force anarohists, but no arrests were made as the men wero reported to have fled ucroes tho border. From time to time In 1903, '04, '05, "06 und '07 anarchist plots, wero reported Iroin various centres or the country. One such came rrom llnzleton, Pa,, In April, 1007; the year previous a similar conspiracy hud Iveen reported from Pat orson. Usually the plots wore found to be dreams or the tellers or them. (!R"",nted man npponrod nt Sagamore Hill In September, 1007, saying that he was going to compel President Koosevelt to collect $10,000,000 from John I). Kocke roller. He had hinted something or dynamite, but ho got away. A woman was urrested in Louisville, Ky., in May, 100.H, as she was boarding a train on u Washington ticket. She announced calmly that she was going to kill tho Pres. Ident, She was Carrie Ado, once u oook for n family in New Hochello. N. Y. In tho following month while tho Pres ident was fording Hock Creek, Washing ton, on a skittish horse tho animal reared up nnd foil backward. Tho President freed his reet or the stirrups lu time and ut standing up. After Uio end of hla term Mr. Koosevelt undertook his famous trip to frjra, which concluded with fraternal visits to the great countries of liuropo. He hns hlmsoir described his expirieiciM of standing the charge of n desperate rhi noceros nnd or lion killing ;in which n straight shot wns all that stood between him and surety. Tho shot wus made. There has been no record or nny attempt upon his life until last night since his re tlrement from official Hie. lb was siid that Socialists from all over tho country nun wrivwm io mm announcing the alleged theft or thelrplotrorm by the Progressive itnplv' K, ', I ll.'n I ......... I .i i . I arty, but that-actual threats wore few fid Ut iMwm. ' WOOLWORTH BUILDING Broadway, Park 2S00 Offices. OFFICE Accessibility aids business efficiency. The WOOLWORTH BUILDING in more accessible than any other office structure in New York. The Inter borough Subway, the Elevated lines and the entire street surface railways of Manhattan and Brooklyn concentrate and deliver passengers within two or three minutes of it. The Pennsylvania, Erie, Lack awanna, Baltimore & Ohio and New Jersey Central Railroads arc within four minutes of its entrance. This 1s important in business. Send for our representative. 4000 ; Windows. I Edward J. Hogan, Agent 3 Park Row, Opp. Astor House TELEPHONE 5279 CORTLANDT GOD'S INSTRUMENT, HE WROTE. Paper In Assaasln'a I'neket Telia of Dream of McKinley. , Mii.waukki;, Oct. 1 1, Among the pa pers found In the assassin's pockets was the following: "September 15, 1901. 1:30 A. M, In n dream I saw President McKlnlcy sit up In n monk's attire. In whom I recognized Theodore Itoosovelt. The dead President said, 'This Is my murderer; avenge my death.' "September 12, 1912, 1:30 A. M. While writing a iicm some one tapped me on the shoulder nnd said, 'Let not n murderer take the Presidential choir. Avenge my death.'" . "I could plainly see Mr. McKlnley's features. "Before the Almlght God I swear this above writing Is nothing but the truth. "So long ns .!nn.in could rise to tho greatest power of the world, despite her surviving a tradition more than 2,000 years old, as Gen. N'ogl so nobly de monstrated. It Is the duty of the United Stntes of America to uphold the third term tradition. "Let every third termer be regarded as n traitor to the American cause. "Let It be the right nnd duty of every citizen to forcibly remove u third termer. "Never let n third term party emblem appear on the oftlclal ballot. "1 am willing to dlo fur my country. God has called me to be his Instrument, so help me God. "(Signed) Innocent Gi'iltt. (In German): "A strong tower Is our God." C0CKRAN SPEAKS OF DEATH. Says "If lliioaerelt aiifiuld Die To nliclit" Cause Wntalil l.lvr. Com'mrus, Ohio, Oct. U. Speaking In absolute Ignorance of the fuct that Col. Koosevelt had been shot, llourke Cock run or New York to-night at Memorial Hall, addressing 3.000 persons, only u r'v of whom had hoard of the tragedy, declared the victory of the Progressive cause to be Inevitable1 even If postponed. "If Col. Koosevelt should die to-night the triumph of this moral crusade would come," be said; "hut he will not die, for he Is charged with the mimeses of God." During his address Mr. Cockran re ferred to Col, Roosevelt ns the living Gnllahud of the square deal and denied that the Progressive party was a one man affair. It had been Intended to have A. Li. Garford of Klyrla. Progressive candi date for Governor, address the gather ing at the conclusion of the Cockran speech, but the meeting was adjourned upon announcement of the shooting at Milwaukee. ONLY STATUTE LAW GOVERNS. C'oiiKrra Orilaliird lire th Penally nn a President's .saullnnt. Washington, Oct. 14. The special law which was passed by Congress after President McKinley had been assassi nated does not affect the man who at tempted Col. Roosevelt's lire. The law wlch was passed In response to the -entlment or the country provided that the death pimalty should be Imposed on any man who attempted the lire of a President ot the United Stntes. The Milwaukee would-be assassin will be subject only to the law which would ordinarily govern In the case of an as sault with Intent to kill upon a citizen. REASSURES MRS. ROpSEVELT. Colonrl Sends Teleirrnm Raylng W'iiuiuI la Trivial. ' Mrs. Roosevelt received the following message rrom Col, Koosevelt nt 1 o'clock, at the Hotel Manhattan: "Don't worry. Wound trivial. Don't come to Milwaukee." At 12:30 n telegram rrom the Colonel was received nt tho National Progres sive hcudi-uurtcrs saying: "There's no cause ror nlarm." Senator Dixon snld that when Mrs. Roosevelt read It she snld: "Thal'H the same remark that was made when Mr. McKinley was shot." After getting the personal message rrom her husband Mrs. Roosevelt went to the home of Mrs. .1. West Koosevelt nt 100 Kast Thlrty-llrst street. MR. MUNSEY ON THE SHOOTING Maya the Colonel In line .linn In it Hundred Million, The New York I'rcns, nn ardent cham pion of the Progressive cause, suys edl tnrlully this morning that If tho bullet "llred nt thn ht-art of Theodore Hoone velt had spent that splendid life It would have cut off one of the matchless ca reers of the world's history." It continues: "Tho worst that Theodore Roosevelt's enemies could say of him was that he was fired with a sclllsh ambition; that '.lhe ''"WC"'"-'"' cause was a one man ! Wlltl.MAnf 4 fltA tvuintni. whn M I Y. a I tnovefrienl. Tho inanlao who fired the Jabot Uw4 j 4a acwM Ma. worj4 SAAiWH With ii i v unooscurcu ( Daylight. LOCATION With Direct Sunlight. echoed from his disordered brain this cry of the Koosevelt luvters. "Were that truth and not falsehood the death or Theodore Koosevelt, against which friend nnd foo. alike Implore, might bo the death of the Progressive cause. "Itut the Progressive muse, ns Its devoted and Spartan chief protests In the face of the nssassln, cannot dl. It Is not nt the mercy of such a tragic turn of fate. It Is too great a cause. "With Theodore Koosevelt to go on fighting nt the head of the Progressive forces the Progressive cause will move onward In triumph. With the sacrlflcn of Theodore Roosevelt's life tho Pro gresslve cause, lnstcnd of perishing with him, would be Invincible." After pointing out that the wound Is not dangerous nnd that the Colonel's life Is safe tho Press says: "The world will be tliankrul that this man In 100,000,000 Is not to die." DAVENPORT LAtJDS ROOSEVELT. At Mrniin MeethiK Says He t'nn't Be ' Drl-i en Onl of Pulilln 1,1 fe. AMKTBiiDAM, N. Y Oct. 14. Over 2,000 people Jammed the City Opern House to-night nnd gave Oscar S. Straus and Frederick M. Davenport, candidates for Governor und Lieutenant-Governor, re spectively, n rousing reception. About 200 women were scattered among the audience, which Interrupted the candi dates freciuently with hearty applause. The mention of Col. Koosevelt's name brought forth enthusiasm. Mr. Straus dwelt upon his record as Minister to Turkey and as Secretary of tho Department of Commerce and Labor, and challenged his opponents to . point out uny case of grart In that De partment during his term or office. Ho promised, ir elected, with a Progressive legislature to secure the enactment of e. workmen's compensation law and wipe, ofT the statutes "that Inlqultinus pri mary law and give you a real prefer entlul primary law." He asked the audience to ask Mr. Sulzer upon the occasion of his visit to this city, "Are you the nominee or Murnhr and Tammany Hall? ir you are not. why don't you in lory them like I do." ' Mr. Davenport charged that there was a plot on the part or a political party to drive Col. Koosevelt out or public "life, but declared he would stay in publio lire because tho nation needed him and pre dicted that tho people would keep him in public lire a while longer. He likened the Colonel in his light lor the Progres sives to Gladstone, whose work wan of such value that tho people would not listen to his retirement. ARCHB0LD MUST APPEAR. Ordered to Sliirnr Cnase Why II Should at Testify In Oil Cr, John D. Archbold, president of ths Standard OH Company, was served yes terday with nn order directing him to show cause In tho Supreme Court on Thursday before Justice Greenbaum why ho should not bo required to ap pear before Abraham I.. Jacobs, com missioner appointed here 'to take testi mony In the Missouri litigation over the election of officers of the Waters-PIcrca Ol) Company. Mr. Archbold was served with n subpoena on the day he returned from Kurope. but Ignored It. Samuel G. Bayne, president of the Seaboard National Hank, must show , cause to-day before Justice Greenbaum why he should not bo punished for con tempt for falling to produce before Com-, ndssloner Jacobs certain records of thoj' bank called ror in tho procedelngs. TWO OF TAFT'S ESCORT HURT. (Jjclr Policeman's Machine Rreaka and Another lluna Infn lllrn. Leonard Preston and John Guiderman, motor cycle policemen from traffla squad C, who wero in tho police escort that was preceding President Tnft's automobile last night down Fifth avenue, on his way to tho Mayflower, foot of West Twenty third street, were badly injured when Preston's machine broke down at Forty first street and Firth avenue and Guider man ran into him. In their desire to keep the President rrom learning or the accident the com panions of the injured policemen picked themjup, machines nnd nil, and threw them on tho sidewalk. They woro round there later by another policeman. Ouider mnn's skull is thought to lie fractured. President Wart wuson his way rrom fhe dinner nt the Hotel Astor at the time and his a ulomnbiln was speeding to get nun to nis yactit in timo tor a gooi night s rest. SHOT DOWN IN STREET. 91 at it AIiIImk Senreh for Wrltera of lllnrk Hnnd Letters la Killed. Domlniclt Crnssu ot 252 Kast 161st street, who was trying to help tho pollco In their search ror tho writers of threat ening letters received by a neighbor ot his, was shot through the heart and In stantly killed last night. Crosso wus walking through USth street, between Second nnd First ave nues, when four men enmo along. Some children wero plnylng on the street and tho men told them to go home. When they had gone one of the four walked up to Crosso, stuck a revolver acainat him and tired five shots. One of them went Into his heart. When Policeman Dolan got there the man's ahlrt waa on fire nnd ho was dead. Mrs. Kpplna Nlata, who lived ta the same house ns Crosso, received a latter a few daya ago demanding- money la the name of, the HaaoK Hand.. Croaao VMun leatrcd to btlp the police fai the wrltir. Place (o Barclay St. V